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What is Haiku Deck?

05/12/2013

The nice people at @HaikuDeck are featuring my slide deck of my book on their front page! http://www.haikudeck.com/gallery/featured  But what is Haiku Deck? In my opinion it’s Powerpoint or Keynote with the fat trimmed off to make us better speakers, as it develops this could be a game changer. Here’s Adam their CEO explaining all on […]

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When a motivational speaker has a bad day at work.

07/06/2013

  fast cash loan Being a speaker is a strange job. One week you are really busy and the next week it's quieter. Thats life, that's business. I can handle that. This week has been a quieter week and to be honest it hasn't been the best week, the other day was simply not a […]

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Some free Sans serif fonts for use on slides: c/o dafont.com

29/05/2013

Good fonts can really make or break a slide, using sans serif fonts really helps with clarity. Here are a few free options: http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=501&page=2&text=A+sans+serif+font+for+slides…&fpp=50

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Some of my best keynote powerpoint slides + why I use them video and audio

22/08/2009

Examples of Good Slide Design by Lee Jackson JUST PRESS PLAY… View more documents from Lee Jackson.

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Life’s too short for dull presentations part 5 Anxiety

29/06/2009

Life’s too short for dull presentations part 5 Anxiety Anxiety – What can we do so we are not a quivering wreck when we stand up to speak? Firstly let me bust a common myth – everyone gets nervous. Even professionals – its just that some people get used to it with experience and others […]

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Life’s too short for dull presentations part 4 Delivery

22/06/2009

Life’s too short for dull presentations part 4 Delivery You’ve probably heard that people retain information like this: 7% Verbal, 38% Vocal, 55% Visual (this is probably an underestimation by the way). But even so, it means that if we say some great stuff with a dull voice and bad body language our message is […]

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Life’s too short for dull presentation part 3 the balancing act!

15/06/2009
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Life’s too short for dull presentations part 2 Preparation

08/06/2009

Preparation – If you can’t say it in a minute, you can’t say it in an hour… Start with the end in mind…sounds cheesy, but its easy to skip this bit and carry on regardless, ending up planning a talk that isn’t anything to do with what you were meant to do. Ask: Who am […]

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Life's too short for dull presentations part 1 The Wedding Speech

01/06/2009

Life’s too short for dull presentations

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